Friday Finds – 05/16/14

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Friday Finds – 05/09/14

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Book Review – Going Over Home

Title:  Going Over Home Author:  Katie Andrews Potter Format:  Paperback and Kindle Published:  2012 Synopsis:  (from Amazon)  Maddox’s life changed the day she read her real birthdate:  May 17, 1820.  Not 1990, like she’d been told all along.  Sure, there had been clues:  her mother’s […]

Lisa Louise Cooke, Featured Speaker at Fox Valley Genealogical Society Conference in September 2014

The annual conference of the Fox Valley Genealogical Society (FVGS) will be held Saturday, September 27, 2014 in Naperville, Illinois.  Lisa Louise Cooke is the featured speaker and will present the following lectures: How to Reopen and Work a Genealogical Cold Case Ultimate Google Search […]

Entries Are Being Accepted for Minnesota Genealogical Society Family History Writing Competition

Submissions are now being accepted for the 6th Annual Minnesota Genealogical Society Family History Writing Competition.  Entries are due by 15 July 2014.  Winning entries will be published in the MGS quarterly Minnesota Genealogist. You do not have to be a member of MGS to […]

Friday Finds –- 05/02/14

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Writing-Related Sessions at NGS 2014

The National Genealogical Society 2014 Family History Conference will be held in Richmond, Virginia, from May 7-10, 2014.  There are so many sessions available, covering a wide array of topics.  Following is a list of the writing-related sessions.  The entire schedule can be found on […]

Friday Finds – 04/25/14

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.